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WARNING
 E S H A D O W
“TH NT COUNCIL .
mr"STUDE
°

GACKT
MOROKUZU
The playmaker
among the boys.
While knowledge:
able about every-
thing from history to
Tr, he Is generally
unable to compre-
hend the female
mind.

MARI OUT ;
KURIHARA
Head of the Shadow Student Councl, which polices
the morals of the academy. A fastidious woman with . —
@ halred of boys, she does everything In her power fo
drive them from the academy. N

MEIKG SHIRAKI BS oi. igs . :

The ultimate beautiful joler. Excessively serious,

she uses her overwhelming physical abilities to
the umosnerdues. KIYOSHI
In the very enviable position of being one of five boys SS A
HANA In aformer al-glis school where the ratio of boys to gifs
1s 1:1000, Hachimilsy Academy..but after peeking Inside
COUNCIL SECRETARY \ the\egis’gis’ bath
bath withwiththethe otherother boys,boys, he's he's quickly
quickly caught caught an and
A karate lethal
Unleash git with
Kicks, a But
cute@pure
face child
and onthe theabityInside,to aa \ SHINGG Shadow
oys scentOperation Coun
( E 8 , 0 . ) , cx heynow onlyConducted
‘sent to the school’s prison. Fought a long battle against the
but o n e Gay tntremainsbepal wine
She and Kiyoshi become entangled In a life-or-death . his expulsion...
Pagel ART mf one ce
struggle over his eryngll. 4 SHINGO WAKAMOTO.
The bad boy of
falling into the E.
charged with at
the prison, but he grows closer to
Head of the Shadow Student Counci's elite Jy baie ia ia proc eae A ND R E
guard. After growing closer to Shingo, she
decides to help prevent the boys’ expulsion
forhissoke.Is harshly interrogated
eam
by
a n c e
the vi re ® & REIJI ANDOU
redder? quan
\eg SS
Duis cimiecene ites butReaties
pretdents
Paar punihment, grows

THE
CHAIRMAN
CHIYG KURIHARA es orc crene IGE
Marts tite sster and Klyosh's classmate. toes,eforNsofce ‘A quiet man who never takes off his hood,
Helping theboyswiththelr plans toescape. OW % wot-siockes with butt- Infatuated with his pet ants, which he offen
What are her feelingsforKiyoshi...? CM, eicted porophernalia. takes on walks.

FNS f SS
 CONTENTS
CH.7g MGRNING EXPULSIGN 5
CH.86 VIGLENT CUP az
CH.81 CGGL HAND KIYGSHI Al
CH.82 16 THINGS | LOVE ABOUT YOU 61

CH.8z HIGH AND LGW 19

CH.84 ALWAYS GN MY MIND $1

CH.8é VENGEANCE I$ MINE = 133 |

CH.87 MAD WAX 151

CH.8& THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT 171

I TRUST
YOU GOT
A GOOD
NIGHT'S
SLEEP...
i

YOU'RE
BEING
CHARGED...

++: WITH THE

CRIMES OF
PEEKING INTO
THE GIRLS’
AND BATH...
A TOTAL OF
THREE ESCAPE
ATTEMPTS BY
FUJINO-KUN,
ANDOU-KUN, AND
 $0 YOU HAVE
NO OBJECTIONS,
CORRECT?
 SO I GUESS
THAT MEANS

«lS THERE... T hereby request to withdraw from the Academy for the
ANYTHING reasons listed above.
YOU'D LIKE
TO SAY FOR
YOURSELVES?

THIS ACADEMY
OB NEVER NEEDED
TRASH LIKE
YOU TO BEGIN
WITH!
HEH.
HO\
PATHETIC.
Csi i) — 1
ps \ P|
THERE'S i S
SOMETHING | yy
FROM LAST | of
NI
Gurr
7... THA:
|\ 4 :
WHAT
BOTHERING IS /1T
ME...
 I'M SORRY,

you
DIDN'T WIN.
WE DID!
 I HEAR
ARE THE
WHIMPERS
OFA
SNIVELING
LOSER.

-I6—
PLEASE
LET GO
OF ME...
 WH... —CHIYO?
WHAT'S WHY...?
THE
MEANING
OF...
HE WAS
SLEEPING
WITH HIS
GLASSES
ON LAST ~
NIGHTH!

AND
WHEN GACKT
SHOWS UP...
 + THAT'S WHEN
IT’LL ALL BE
OVER FOR THE
SHADOW STUDENT
COUNCIL...THAT
MEANS YOU
THREE.
 \ THAT'S RIGHT... oe
GACKT WAS
THE LAST
TRICK UP OUR
SLEEVE!!

HE WAS wanp) ERI

AROUND Witty ony
HIS UNDERWEAR on!

THOU ART
MISTAKEN! La

ENTLEMEN..
I APOLOGIZE
 LADIES

I
APOLOGIZE
FOR THE
WAIT.

THE MODERN-
DAY TACTICIAN
BEHIND TODAY'S
STRATEGY...
 /
v= 1 TAKEHITO
\ y MOROKUZL

CHAPTER 86: VIGLENT CUP

 WHAT A
CREEP!
CRAWLING
AROUND
ONLY YOUR @
UNDERWEAR

RETURN
TO YOUR
CLASSES...

I COULDN'T
POSSIBLY
ALLOW A FECAL
LEAKER SUCH AS CHIYO-CHAN'S
MYSELF TO SOIL | TRACK SUIT,
CHIYO-DONO'S DIDN'T YOU...?
TRACK SUIT.
 NOT ONLY IS.
CHIYO-DONO
BEAUTIFUL, SHE
IS BRAVE. SHE
TOOK PITY ON
OUR WRETCHED
SITUATION...
«AND
TOOK PART
IN TODAY'S.
PLAN. A TRUE
WOMAN OF
JUSTICE...!

WHEN DID
E.. YOU...GET INTO
FOUR-EYES! THE PRISON?
HOW'D YOU
LAST NIGHT Get OUT OF HOW DID THIS.

WHEN YOU
STUCK T YOUR CELL!?lied
IN THERE!!
 ‘TWAS A
TRIPARTITE
SWITCH!

I SNUCK IN
THROUGH THE
BACK DOOR OF
THE WARDEN’S
ROOM LAST
NIGHT AND
HID IN THE
BATHROOM.

NO.
IT WAS
UNLOCKED.
 FOLLOWING THAT...
JOE-DONO AND
I WENT TOGETHER
TO THE RESTROOM
WHERE HANA-
DONO AWAITED Us,
AS IF TO URINATE
IN CONCERT.

THEN I
HEADED
TO THE
WARDEN’S
ROOM...

+. THUS CHIYO-DONO
COMPLETING WORE
THE JOE-DONO'S
TRIPARTITE CLOTHES...
SWITCH! AND JOE-DONO
WORE MINE.
 0 THAT
WOUND
ON YOUR
FOREHEAD

I SUFFERED
‘A WOUND AND
WRAPPED AN
EXCESSIVE AMOUNT
OF BANDAGES
AROUND IT SO
THAT JOE-DONO
COULD MORE
EASILY DISGUISE
HIMSELF.

WE WOULD
NOW LIKE TO
ACCUSE THE
SHADOW STUDENT
COUNCIL OF
WRONGDOING!!
 IN ORDER TO
DRIVE US TO
EXPULSION FROM
HACHIMITSU
ACADEMY,
CAUGHT ) 7; Hee uanon
US IN THEIR a COINCLe

THE CROW
ATTACK
ON JOE'S
ANTS...

ANDRE'S |
ESCAPE...

AND WHEN
SHINGO
COULDN'T

TO SCHOOL
IN TIME...
 THEY WERE
ALL TRAPS
] LAID BY THE

PART OF
THEIR EXPEL
THE BOYS
OPERATION,
THE E.B.0.!

TiS

NN
ARE YOU SAYING
THAT BECAUSE
YOU TOOK THE
£.B.0. PLANNING
DATA YOU MADE
ON YOUR PC...

WHAT WE DID
LAST NIGHT
WASN'T SO
THAT WE COULD
JUST PLAY A
GAME OF HIDE
AND SEEK,
YOU KNOW...
 SOMEONE
WENT
TO THE
WARDEN'S
ROOM...

«AND
RESTORED
THAT DATA
FROM THE
PC?

THERE'S...

THAT'S RIGHT!
-] THE WARDEN'S
ROOM WAS
LOCKED WHEN
WE WENT ON
PATROL LAST
NIGHT...

AND... THERE
WAS NO ONE
INSIDE IT
EITHER!!
 I LOCKED
THE WARDEN'S
ROOM FROM
THE INSIDE,
EXITED FROM
THE BACK, AND
HID OUTSIDE
UNTIL DAWN.

BY THE TIME
THOU AND
THE VICE
PRESIDENT
PATROLLED
THE AREA...

-..OUR PLAN
HAD ALREADY
BEEN CARRIED
out!
 YOU'RE
BLUFFING!
WE WERE IN
THE PRISON
TEN MINUTES
AFTER HANA
CONTACTED
us!

POSSIBLY
RESTORE THE
DATA IN THAT
SHORT OF
A PERIOD.

THOU ART
MISTAKEN,
VICE PRESI-
DENT...'TWAS-
NOT TEN
MINUTES...

I HAD ALREADY
DOWNLOADED AND
HIDDEN THE FILE
RESTORATION
SOFTWARE ON THE
\ WARDEN'S ROOM
PC IN ADVANCE.
 INDEED...
ELEVEN DAYS
EARLIER, WHEN
THOU WERE
ENJOYING
YOUR ARM
WRESTLING
BOUTS...
«eI USED THAT
APPROXIMATELY
TEN-MINUTE SPAN
TO INFILTRATE THE
WARDEN'S ROOM.

AND SO
+TO LAST NIGHT,
RESTORE IT TOOK
THE DATA ME LESS
AND HEAD THAN TEN
OUTSIDE. MINUTES...

WHERE'S
THIS DATA...
 ENTRUST
THIS TO YOUR
CARE...
+ BUT OUR WE MAY
HEARTS HAVE BEEN
HAVE COME BORN IN
TOGETHER DIFFERENT
TIMES AND
PLACES...

COUNTLESS
TRIALS AND
TRIBULA-
TIONS...
AND IT'LL
TAKE THIS
MANLY
 ea

THE ACTS
‘| THESE EMAILS
APPEAR TO BE
PERPETRATED CORRESPONDENCE
BY THE BOYS ABOUT THE
AND THE ONES 2.8.0.
DESCRIBED
HERE...

ws
. ARE GZ
PERFECTLY
ONE AND
THE...
 THE ONE \
WHO OPENED
THE LOCK TO
LET CHIYO-
 I TOOK \~~
ADVANTAGE \/
OF THE
OPENING

«AND
UNLOCKED
THE DOOR.
OPENING
in?
YVA~RXRO MINK
mw= 4 x =a ss
Sa
Qa
9
ab=e
a <M
 IT’S NOT
YOUR FAULT. |PS7aBiae

I FORCED
YOU TO GO
ALONG WITH
MY PLANS.
THAT'S ALL...
 Se85u
SELHS az
SAsG5
Zes2
OAsG-

z8 aes 7 =.
Oo.
 YOUR
PUNISHMENTS
WILL COME
IN DUE...

+ TIME...
 YOU WERE
ORIGINALLY
PLACED IN THE
PRISON FOR =
THE CRIME OF 4
PEEKING IN THE
GIRLS’ BATH. \ \

YOU HAVE
PAID FOR THAT
CRIME WITH
THE TIME YOU
HAVE SERVED.
-58-
CHAPTER 82: 16 THINGS I LGVE ABGUT YGU

-6I-
 THE SHADOW ||
STUDENT
COUNCIL'ST
PUNISHMENTO
HAS YET
BE DECIDED.

IKTE STEHEEMY'SRE
LI
SUSPENDED
FOR THE
TIME BEING,
AS THEY'RE
STAYING OMINS
THEIR RO
AND NOT GSO,ING
70 CLAS

A WERE NEVER
|| PURSUED, AS
THEY ACTED
IN ORDER
TO REVEAL
THE TRUTH
BEHIND
THE FALSE
CHARGES
 7 MAN, FESoop
TAST
S60 GOOD
WHEN YOU
GET TO EAT
IT ON THE
OUTSIDE!

WHAT'S
se THAT'S THE MATTER,
RIGHT: KIYOSHI?
IS TRULY A YOUR ARM
TERRIBLE STILL HASN'T
HEALED
FROM HANA
KICKING IT?

"STILL"?
NO, THIS PERHAPS WE I ONLY
ISN'T Ta] suouroCATEwaDve BROKE
ANYTHING ADVO IT THREE
TO GET FOR HARSHER DAYS
TOO UPSET
OVER... AGO!
 MAYBE I
DESERVE
70 BE
PLNISHED
LIKE THIS.
ARE YOU
OKAY,
KIYOSHI-
KUN?

NENO...T'M.
THE ONE WHO
SHOULD BE
APOLOGIZING.
I'D SPACED DID
OUT A SURPRISE
LITTLE BIT. you?
 JUST OPEN
WIDE AND
SAY AHH...

IS SUCH
MINGLING
BETWEEN THE
CH-CHIYO-
SEXES NOT
DONO! HAST
PROHIBITED!?:
THOU GONE
HOW CAN YOU
PERFORM SUCH

IN PUBLIC,

THERE'S
NOTHING
SHAMELESS
ABOUT THIS. I'M
TAKING CARE
OF AN INJURED
STUDENT. I HAVE
PERMISSION FROM
THE SCHOOL
ANYWAY.

IT LOOKS
LIKE YOU'VE
BEEN HAVING
SO MUCH
GAH... PLUS, IT WAS TROUBLE EATING
TRUE... THE SHADOW EVER SINCE YOU
AND THOSE STUDENT GOT HURT.
GIRLS ARE COUNCIL THAT T CAN'T STAND
NO LONGER CAME UP WITH WATCHING YOU
PRESENT... THAT RULE. LIKE THAT.
 OKAY,
KIYOSHI-

LOOK AT
THAT PUNK
NOW. HE'S
CHANGED.

SkOFFE

THERE
WAS MORE
DANGER IN HIS
ARE YOU BYES WHEN HE
JEALOUS? WAS STILL IN
THE PRISON.

BUT OUT
FOR THREE
DAYS AND
HE'S ALREADY
LOST HIS:
BACKBONE...
PIECE OF
SHIT.
 THAT'S ALL
IT TAKES TO
MAKE YOU
ENVIOUS?
YOU REALLY
ARE JUST
AkID.

FOR YOU.
SAY AHH. I

«FROM ALREADY? ARE

THe
WHO
WOMAN ‘You GOING TO
SAVED TURN DOWN
YOUR LIFE? . AN ACT OF
KINONESS...
 HAS THE
PRESIDENT
BEEN...
DOING OKAY...
AFTER WHAT
HAPPENED
THE OTHER
DAY?

YEAH...
SHE'S FINE.
IT SEEMS LIKE
THE OTHER
THERE ARE STUDENTS DON'T
RUMORS GOING KNOW THE
AROUND NOW THAT REAL REASON
IT'S BECAUSE FOR HER
THE SHADOW SUSPENSION.
STUDENT COUNCIL
WENT TOO FAR
AND HURT YOU.

=7O=
 YEAH...
‘IF ANY- I DON'T
THING, REALLY
CARE...

IS IT OKAY
WITH YOU FOR
EVERYONE
ELSE TO NOT
KNOW THE
TRUTH?

YOu TWO
ARE SISTERS,
BUT YOU ENDED I'M
UP HAVING TO SORRY...
FIGHT AGAINST
EACH OTHER
ALL BECAUSE
OF UGS...
 A YOUNG
MAN SHOULD
ALWAYS ACT
ASIFHE 4
WERE ON THE
BATTLEFIELD!

ONE
MUST ONLY
BOOKS (RIGHT TO LEFTD: THE WATER MARGIN, GUARANTEED
ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS FORTUNES,
INVESTITURE OF THE GODS, RECORDS OF THE GRAND HISTORIAN

PERHAPS I
SHALL RELIEVE
MYSELF OF ,
THIS STRESS
BY READING
ROMANCE OF
THE THREE
KINGDOMS

AH! THAT
ny
D-D-00
NOT BE
MISTAKEN,
GACKT!

Na
 THE THREE
KINGDOMS?

IF YOU'D
LIKE...
WE COULD
READ THIS
TOGETHER.

WH AE
TROUBLED,
TIMES

=78=
 AIR
CONDITIONER,
ELECTRIC FAN,
OR PAPER
FAN. WHICH
DO You
CHOOSE?
 CHAPTER 83: HIGH AND LGW

WHAT
TROUBLED |
TIMES!

-80-—
 oKay.
A FRIEND YOU
GOT IN A FIGHT
WITH HAS COME
TO APOLOGIZE.
HOW MANY
APOLOGIES
BEFORE YOU
FORGIVE HIM?

‘IS
| /MPOSS/BLE!
COULD IT BE

OKAY, T
AT THE SAME HAVE YOUR
LEVEL AS GUAN RESULTS!
INO!

REFERRED
TO ME AS
THE WISEST
GENERAL OF
NERIMA... GACKT-KUN,
AND... YOU'RE A
HMM? "“ZHUGE
LIANG —
KONGMING”
TYPE!
 INDEED,

AEE || shere's
F Sénoot wHo ||ONLY FIVE ou enon
BOYS AT
WYNES?to
I'VE YET TO
INTRODUCE
MYSELF...

OH...THAT'S
RIGHT. I'M
NICE TO
MEET YOU.
MITSUKO
YOU CAN YOKOYAMA.
JUST CALL
ME MITSUKO.

WH... WHAT
 WHO KNOWS A-AH...
WHAT WILL BE SAID MITSUKO-
OF THEE FOR THE DONO...AS
SIMPLE ACT OF YOU KNOW,
READING A BOOK
WITH SOMEONE
SUCH AS MYSELF...
THOU HAST GONE
SO FAR AS TO
SHAKE MINE HAND
THIS DAY...
 IT'S
HAPPENED
TO ME
TOO.

sot
KNOW HOW
YOU FEEL,
GACKT-KUN.

IT WAS
IN KINDER-
GARTEN,
BUT STILL

KONGMING,
THERE'S A BOOK
YOU SHOULD
READ OVER
 KONGMING
TRAVELS
THROUGH TIME
AND ENDS UP
LEADING THE
JAPANESE
 50, ARE YOU
HAVING FUNP
tg | WATANABEF
EGAWA?P

HA-HA. YOU
BEING WITH J i SURE ARE
you euys EXCITED.
REALLY 1S f :
THE BEST.
 OH, I'M
SORRY...YOU
IT'S FINE. | SURPRISED
|) THAT Guy's ME...
‘A CREEP
 REALLY,
WHAT'RE
you
‘THINRING

. 1 THOUGHT
jj YOU'D LEFT

ABOUT |
‘LIFE ON THE
OUTSIDE...

+ YOU'RE
THERE ISN’T A Lele
KIVOTAKE...
SINGLE GOOD
‘THING...
 ‘SIGN: HISTORY

ART THOU
ALL RIGHT,
MITSUKO-
DONO!?
VOSHIWA

KALTYH
nw
E>|
 LEAVING
THE
PRISON...

1 SHOULD
HAVE...

oo NEVER
LEFT THE
PRISON...

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CHAPTER 34: ALWAYS-ONeEMY, MIND

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A
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Aos
1?f

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aoe
ASS ON THE
ni
(
~\
as
HOLD ON,

FIRST DATE? ro) Fe pion Suet

YOU NEED ow S! © [> GOON A
TO EXPLAIN kg -. ) \IR—— are WITH
YOURSELF!
 'T-'TWAS NOT
A DATE! WE
THEN IT WAS SIMPLY READ
A BOOK IN THE

KONGMING...

WHO CARES
I-I WAS Too ABOUT THAT
STARTLED TO
REMEMBER IT PART!
CLEARLY... TELL US ABOUT
THIS MITSUKO
YOKOYAMA-
SAN'S BUTT!

THAT'S
THAT M-MITSUKO- GREAT AND
WAS...LIKE ¥ DONO IS NOT ALL, BUT IT
AN ACT THAT KIND COULD BE
OF GOD, OF YOUNG A TRAP.
OR AN LADY!!
ACCIDENT,
OR...
 HE SEES HER
| I DON'T PANTIES, THEN
SHE RUNS INTO
BELIEVE IT. A LADDER, THEN
SOUNDS LIKE ‘A BOOKSHELF
YOU'VE GOT A FALLS OVER,
THEN HER
PANTIES FLY
OFF HER...

7
HOW DARE
WHAT ELSE YOU GIVE
1S THERE TO MITSUKO-
HA-HA-HA! CALL HER? DONO SUCH
I GUESS
YOU'RE RIGHT
ABOUT THAT! NICKNAME!

sHuwasa

PT >
RIGHT?
riizzz25
HA-HA-

'TIS NO
LAUGHING
MATTER!!
 BUT...I'M
GLAD YOU
WERE ABLE
TO BECOME
FRIENDS WITH
A GIRL!

YOU THE ONE

CALLING US
COWARDS
JUST THE

PROMISE
ME NEVER
TO REPEAT
THAT AGAIN!
 WHAT'RE
YOU DOING,
JOE-KUN?

-1ol—
TRYING TO
PLAN out
GACKT'S
1M NOT GOOD
AT MAKING
SOMETHING OF
MY LIFELIKE |
YOU GUYS...
AND BY THE
END, 1 WAS
RELYING
ON THEM.

1 HAVEN'T
BEEN ABLE TO
SLEEP AT ALL
EVER SINCE
VE COME TO
‘THIS WORLD
WHERE T
DON’T HAVE
EVEN WHEN ANYTHING TO
1 TAKE RELY ON!
SLEEPING
PILLS,
1 CAN'T
SLEEP!
 KIYOSHT =YOURE ALL
AND SHINGO MANAGING
WAVE GIRLS SOMEHOW...
THEY'RE
FRIENDLY
AND YOU,
ANDRE.
YOU'VE
‘BEEN ABLE
10 GET
ALONG WITH
‘THE GIRLS
700.

‘UKE 1 SAID,
1 CAN’T MAKE
SOMETHING
OF MY LiFe i}
UKEYOU
GUYS.

+ EVEN
THAT
SHIT-
LEAKER
oS GACKT...
SAYING
HEe’S
FRIENDS
WITH A
GIRL NOW! |
DIFFERENT...
FROM YOU
Guys...
KOFFE
 HOW IT’S NO
<—|CcuRIOUS! é COINCIDENCE.
i I'M ALWAYS
HERE DURING
LUNCH.
DOING RESEARCH ON,
e ROMANCE OF THE
iam | “THREE KINGDOMS.

WHAT A
COINCIDENCE
TO FIND THEE L
HERE...
 MY |
APOLOGIES!
MITSUKO-DONO?
B-BEHIND THEE!
-ll2-
 INSIDE
THERE,
LHADA
CLEAR
REASON

I'M ONE
AMONG
THIRT%..
NO, I'M
NOT EVEN
ONE IN TWO
THOUSAND
/

I DON'T
HAVE A
PLACE
HERE
ON THE
OUTSIDE
 PARADISE

VG

see
MUM
TT
T
CHAPTER 8&5:
TAXI DRIVER
ANDRE... \
$§ §
 All
THIS PAIN

HEART?

JF
/7'S NOT
GOING TO
RAIN...
 SINCE =
WHEN HAVE |). é
\ racena -
|) MAN 70 TAKE -
PLEASURE
IN OTHERS’
MISFORTUNE
1?

GAH...
I FEEL
ASHAMED
OF
MYSELF.

=. M/TSUKO-
 WHAT
TRANSPIRED
HERE!?

THE ONLY
MEN AT THE .
ACADEMY WHA...!/? A ane
Aaa WHAT SORT oui or

c tpman
angeause eve Tewou i
QI, hfo

ae
PNEp
NOWHERE

|S!
DO SUCH ‘e 2)
A THING!?i \ /

dee
uM.
ee y,ow
/,
LA\ ;
th
[=
-124-
 | WERE
I) ROPES
WRAPPED
ALL
—!"—-_§- Pe AROUND
Ze IT,

REMEMBER...

HEE-HEE,
THEN

I'M GLAD
7 WHATEVER
YOU'RE 3 2 couLD WEARING
AROUND, THAT ROPES?
GACKT- MEAN?
KUN.

UMM... CAN'T
REALLY EXPLAIN
IT...1'D NEVER,
SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE IT BEFORE...
BUT...
IT was
REALLY
SCARY...

DO NOT WORRY,
MITSUKO-DONO...
IF THIS
SCOUNDREL
EVER APPEARS
AGAIN, I SHALL
PROTECT THEE
FROM HIM!
 AND NOT ANY
GIRL! THE SWEET,
WONDERFUL,
AND SOMEWHAT-
CLUMSY-BUT-
2 ALL-THE-MORE- 4
/ CHARMING-FOR-IT
YZ, WITSUKO-DONO!!

WHO ATTEMPT
TO HARM YOU,
MITSUKO-DON...

He must’ appEgi
HAVE ESCAPED BE WEARIN
ING A A LEASH.
 HE'S
PROBABLY
FROM
POOR THING. AROUND THE
I'LL TAKE NEIGHBOR-
HIM BACK TO HOOD.
HIS HOME.

OOOOH! KIND
NOT ONLY TO ME,
BUT TO ANIMALS
AS WELL! WHAT
A GRACIOUS
MESSENGER OF
LOVE M/TSUKO-
DONO /S!!
 YOU'VE
REALLY GOT
NO SPINE...

ARE YOU
SCARED...P
YOU'RE ALL
TALK, AREN’T
you?

THEN WHY’D
YOU RUN
AWAY? YOU
LOST YOUR
NERVE,
DIDN'T YOU?

Tove
REALLY 90
WANT 70
GO BACK...
TO THAT
PRISON...
 4 t « “ 1 DIDN'T
THAT'S RIGHT! . WANT TO
THEY’D LET ee S] GET CAUGHT...
ME OUT IN NO . . OVER SOMETHING
TIME IF THEY z ‘THAT PATHETIC
LOCKED ME UP a
FOR THAT!
RIGHT...P

yous aust [ woH.

RUNNING yt
YOUR MOUTH you ON
f 90 THAT?

YOU...¥OU
‘TALKING 0
MEW..P
 ‘LET ME ASK
YOU ONE
MORE TIME.
YOU TALKING
10 MEP

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 DID YOU HEAR
ABOUT THAT
PERVERT?

Mm | | tl
i | SOME
l | NAKED GUY
WHAT!? f } | \, IS SHOWING

ir \
\\
\\
uP ON
CAMPUS,
APPARENTLY.

YEAH!
AND HE
HAS ROPES
WRAPPED
AROUND HIS
BODY OR
THEY SAY SOMETHING.
HE APPEARS
OUT OF
NOWHERE
FROM THE
SHADOWS.

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 CHAPTER 86:
VENGEANCE I$ MINE
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SO JEALOUS!
I HAVEN'T
| GOTTEN TO
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 SOMETHING |"
BAD MIGHT
HAPPEN IF &
JOE-KUN'S
WE DON'T
FIND HIM
BEEN ACTING
SOON...! STRANGE...

HOLD ON.
WHAT
EXACTLY IS

J-JOE-KUN...
YOU TWO WORRIED HE TOOK MY
ABOUT JOE-KUN!? WHAT DO YOU
ROPES AND
WENT OFF
YOU'RE EVEN MEAN
SOMEWHERE!!
HEARTLESS!!

WHO
DOESN'T
HAVE A SET
OR TWO OF
PERSONAL
ROPES!?
ER.NO, THAT'S
Now THE ISSUE
\ RIGHT Now!

||] HAVE PLANS:

||] APTER THis.
WITH CHiyo.
ree
 NOW
I UNDERSTAND OH, TF ANYTHING, W-WAIT, T STILL
WHY JOE-KUN FINE!! DON'T GET IT.
WANTS TO WORRIED ABOUT WHat ane You
GO BACK TO YOU, ANDRE. SO WORRIED
THE PRISON! [I YOU HAVE A ABOUT?
PERSONAL SET :
OF ROPES? HE’s ALWays
WHAT Do You ACTED WEIRD,
USE THEM For?

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60 THOU
ART A FAN
OF JIANG
WEI-DONO! \~

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 WHEN ONE
SPEAKS OF
JIANG WEI,
ONE MUST
MENTION
THAT HE IS.
KONGMING'S
NUMBER ONE
PUPIL!

THE LOVE
BETWEEN
MASTER AND
STUDENT! IF

THEN I WOULD XS
BE KONGMING.
FD
W
Als z
ry¥

M-MITSUKO-
LOOK,
INO. IF
THOU WISHES
GACKT! THE
TO DO SO, I
MA OT MIND
YESTERDAY!
BEING CALLED
KONGMING...
BACK ONCE
MORE!
 THERE'S NO
TELLING WHAT
HE'LL DO NOW

THE PRISON!!
 I CANH'MT
LET
G O B ADOCWKN!,
CALM CALM
REIS),
DOWN AND
THINK!
ain
TATEDres
HESIW
nee Ha a.
bua WHAT
W-e
NOt
Kt e
DOES TOHEDO o
HAVE COVER Be
TO RE
FROM
THAT...?
ROPES...

O R S O M E
TICHMIE SFT OFILING!
MASO PR

JOE-KUN.'.S.
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DOINt
SOMETHING
AS STUPID AS
SS CHARGING INTO

DAMMIT.../
I'M NOT FAST
ENOUGH...!
MITSUKO-
DONO!
DON'T
PRET!
T SHALL..

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Way
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| CURRENT SPEED,
| HE WOULD BE
|| WNABLE TO TURN
| THE CORNER AND
| woutp ceRTAINLy
COLLIDE WITH
THE WALL
DIRECTLY IN
FRONT OF HIM..

BUT DRIFTING
FROM THE
INSIDE OF SUCH
A SHARP TURN
WOULD BE FAR
TOO DIFFICULT
FOR SOMEONE
WITH ANDRE'S
 Tsu
eS pre?
%

EXPOSED SKIN =
= MEANS MORE
~ CONTACT WITH
VISCOUS
LIQUIDSI!
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SS
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RSS}
 WE MADE
| cupcakes
IN HOME EC |
TODAY. YOU ( en | HEY, JOE-
CAN HAVE ONE \ “KUN. YOU
IF YOU WANT. \ GETA
CUPCAKE

HERE!
IGAVEA
CUPCAKE TO
EVERYONE
IN CLASS.
YOU DIDN+r
GET ONE YET.
Richt?”
 y/ HA-HA-HA! LeLET ME
. LIKE T SAID! ASK YOU ONE
YOU'RE YOU'RE THE MORE TIME.
CRACKING ONLY ONE YOU TALKIN’
Me UPI HERE! 10 MEP

OH...
SORRY.
WAS
THAT NOT
SUPPOSED
TOBEA

HA-HA!
YOU'RE
SO FUNNY,
JOE-KUN.

HERE
YOU GO!

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d Gee
 A I'M SURE
+) OF IT! HE'S
() NAKED, AND ANDRE-
/ THE WAY DONO!! I'D
THOSE ROPES
ARE TIED TO MIS JUDGED
HIS BODY... THEE!!!
THAT'S THE
— CRIMINAL
— I SAW!
Fé

SO THE
MUCH-
RUMORED
PERVERT
WAS NONE
OTHER THAN
THEE...? HOW
SORROWFUL!

WELL, HE'D
WEWELL, TO BEEN ACTING
BE HONEST, 1 KIND OF
‘THOUGHT HE WEIRD...
/, WAS ACTING RIGHT?
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Z

WE WERE
AFRAID HE
MIGHT TRY
TO PULL
SOMETHING.
PERVERT! S
SPEAK UP! &

DO

RIGHT?
EVERYONE
ENDS UP
HAPPY THIS
WAY...

TY
 HE-GIRISCANMT HEU Pat

I STAYED UP
ALL NIGHT
COMING UP
WITH THIS

egetaesie,
FOR GACKT.
nf A >,
ele Keaoe le.
ae
) EB ~Zz PPE 1 RS \
 ‘ HEY, SHINGO...
CA-HA-HA! f ] | THESE AREN'T
DATES... THESE
THIS [5 —g, i ARE MORE LIKE
GREAT! sq MADE-FOR-TV

WHAT'S YOUR
PROBLEM? IT
WASN'T EASY
COMING UP
WITH THESE.

\ C'MON! wHERe’D
__ | ALL THAT ENERGY
| YOU HAD WHEN
YOU BARGED
INTO THE GIRLS’
LOCKER ROOM GOP

HEH-HEH...
YOU REALLY
WE WERE SEEM TO HAVE
Just YOU GUYS CHEERED UP,
COMING LOOK LIKE |}ZOE-KUN.|
up WITH YOU'RE
A DATE HAVING Lens
FOR ONE FUN. HAD TOi:
OF OUR
BUDDIES.

MEANWHILE,
I NEARLY GOT
THROWN IN VY
THE PRISON
FOR YOUR

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 WELL, ISN'T
THAT NICE OF
] YOU. ESPECIALLY
CONSIDERING THE
FACT YOU CAN
NEVER SEEM TO
COME UP WITH
A DATE T0 GO
ON YOURSELF!

egy te
“POUNDING HORROR MOVIEDATE!

K] $0, WHO'S
| GOING ON
THE DATE?
 SHE'S
MY COUSIN,
YOU KNOW.

EI
OUSLY!?

IT'LL BE LETTING HIM Hi

GET AWAY MIC-CHAN AND
FINE. IT’S WITH IT IF GACKT-KUN...
HE TRIES

WHAT'S
AND SHE'S MITSUKO-
REALLY SAN LIKE?
CLUMSY...

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 TH-THEN SHE
MUST BE \ HOLD ON...
H-HOLD ON UKE THE VICE WHAT 00
A SECOND! YOU MEAN
PRESIDENT BY THAT!?:
THE OR HANA-SAN.
OFFICIAL AGGRESSIVE...
STUDENT VIOLENT...
COUNCIL,
NOT THE
SHADOW

¢-COULD
 NO au
stare
Ad ee
COUNCIL!
THAT'S HOW
THEY'RE
SUPPOSED
TO BE RUN!

IT'S NOT LIKE

ALL STUDENT
W-WELL, WHEN COUNCILS ARE
TTHINK ABOUT BAD, JUST THE
IT, T GUESS IT
IS NORMAL FOR
A REGULAR
SCHOOL TO HAVE
a
z=
AN OFFICIAL
‘STUDENT
COUNCIL...
Co
Eee

THAT'S RIGHT!
THEY JUST
WELL, ANDRE DIDN'T STAND
WOULD PROBABLY OUT BECAUSE
PREFER HIS STUDENT
THE SHADOW
STUDENT
COUNCILS TO BE COUNCIL WAS:
60 POPULAR!

THEY'RE
JUST AN
OFFICIAL
STUDENT
ARE RIGHT, COUNCIL.
THOUGH.
 | I FELT A
COLD SWEAT THE
MOMENT THOU
TOLD ME OF THY
MEMBERSHIP IN
THE STUDENT
COUNCIL!
HA-HA!
LIKE I SAID,
I'M IN THE

THANKS FOR
CLEANING
UP WITH ME,
YOU REALLY
HELPED
ME OUT!

THE OTHER
 ‘SIGN: CHAIRMAN'S ROOM

— INDEED,
YOU ARE
CORRECT.

SCHOOL RULES
ARE LIKE LAW TO
THE ACADEMY...AND
WHEN IT COMES
TO EXCEPTIONS
TO LAWS,
THERE ARE...

SO, HAVE I
CONVINCED
YOU?
T SHALL
ACCEPT
 THEN T
THANK You. \ eratL. I CAN'T. I
YOU'RE THEE NEED TO POST MITSUKO-
60 KIND, WITH THY NEWSPAPERS WEL DONO, WILL
GACKT. POSTINGS. ON THE WALLS THOU BE
AFTER THIS AND GOING TO
THEN GO TO THE LIBRARY
THE STUDENT TODAY.
COUNCIL
MEETING.
 On, T'D
ANYTHING FOR
THY SAKE,
MITSUKO-DONO!
I WOULD
OVERCOME
FIRE, WATER...

HEY, GACKT!
CAN YOu
HELP ME PUT
THIS UP?

HOLD IT
FROM THE
TOP? I CAN'T
REACH...
 Mi-
MITSUKO-
DONO...
DOTH THIS
NEWSPAPER
REPORT THE

YEAH, APPARENTLY.
IT SOUNDS LIKE I'M
GOING TO BE BUSY
STARTING TOMORROW
BECAUSE OF IT.
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IN THE
PRISON.
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UNIFORMS
LIKE THIS
ONE...
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Al ‘a Hiramoto

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Lettering: Alexis Eckerman
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